Multi-Monitor Support in Visual Studio 2010

Question

I heard that Visual Studio 2010 supports "Multi-Monitor Support". But now, when I use it, I see no differences from VS2008.

I need to resize all windows when switching from one monitor to two and vice versa.

Are there any profiles or settings that I am missing? For example, Delphi allows you to save desktop profiles that record where you like certain windows. Switching from one to two monitors is as easy as selecting a different desktop profile.

Is there something similar in VS2010 that I am missing?

Answer 1

Multi-monitor support refers to the ability to detach a code window and drag it onto another monitor. Try dragging the tab of the code window onto another monitor.

ScottGu has a great blog post on this subject

• http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/08/31/multi-monitor-support-vs-2010-and-net-4-series.aspx

Answer 2

Just drag and drop the editor tabs onto another monitor and witness the glory.

Answer 3

In VS2008, you can turn off things like Solution Explorer and place them on another monitor, but the source code pages were forced to stay on the same monitor.